IP Library Granted Patent US 9,480,021
Granted Patent B2
US 9,480,021 · App. 14/424,564 · Granted Oct 25, 2016

Terminal and adjustment method for operating state of terminal

Inventors: Yihua Niu (Guangdong, CN); Bijun Zhang (Guangdong, CN); Chunsong Feng (Guangdong, CN)
Assignees: YULONG COMPUTER TELECOMMUNICATION SCIENTIFIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; DONGGUAN YULONG TELECOMMUNICATION TECH CO., LTD.
H04W52/0261H04W52/028H04W52/0277
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Patent No.
US 9,480,021
App. No.
14/424,564
Granted
Oct 25, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal comprises: an electric quantity acquisition unit for acquiring the real-time electric quantity of a battery of the terminal; an electric quantity judgment unit for judging whether the real-time electric quantity of the battery is lower than a preset electric quantity value; and a state adjustment unit for adjusting the state of a working component in the terminal in the case that the judgment result of the electric quantity judgment unit is yes. The working state of the terminal may be adjusted according to the real-time electric quantity of the battery of the terminal, the problem that the battery output voltage of the terminal suddenly decreases below the safe working voltage of hardware thereof is solved, the operating stability of the terminal is ensured while taking the performance of the terminal into account.

Claims (39)

1. A terminal, comprising:

a storage device for storing a correspondence table having a plurality of preset electric quantity intervals and a plurality of selectable state adjustment schemes, respectively associated with each other, each of the plurality of preset electric quantity intervals is calculated based on the minimum safe working voltage value of each working component, a consumed current value for a working state for the corresponding selectable adjustment scheme and a resistance value of a battery of the terminal;

an electric quantity acquisition unit for acquiring the real-time electric quantity of the battery of the terminal;

an interval judgment unit for comparing the real-time electric quantity with the plurality of preset electric quantity intervals; and

a state adjustment unit for adjusting the state of a working component in the terminal by using the selectable state adjustment scheme that is associated with one of the plurality of preset electric quantity intervals based on the comparing, each selectable state adjustment scheme including disabling at least one CPU core in a multi-core CPU according to a preset rule.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein each selectable state adjustment scheme further comprises at least one of or a combination of the following items:

adjusting the working frequency of a central processing unit (CPU) and/or the variation amplitude of the working frequency;

adjusting the working frequency of each CPU core in the multi-core CPU and/or the variation amplitude of the working frequency;

adjusting the working frequency of a graphic processing unit (GPU) in the terminal and/or disabling a 3D hardware acceleration function; and

limiting the data traffic of a communication module in the terminal within a preset range.

3. The terminal of claim 2 , further comprising:

a setting unit for creating the association for each of the corresponding state adjustment schemes and a respective one of the plurality of preset electric quantity intervals according to a received setting command.

4. The terminal of claim 3 , further comprising:

a terminal state detection unit for detecting whether the terminal is in a charged state; and

a running state control unit for enabling the terminal to run in a specific state in the case that the terminal is in the charged state.

5. The terminal of claim 2 , further comprising:

a terminal state detection unit for detecting whether the terminal is in a charged state; and

a running state control unit for enabling the terminal to run in a specific state in the case that the terminal is in the charged state.

6. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the working components comprise:

the CPU, the GPU and/or the communication module in the terminal.

7. The terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:

a terminal state detection unit for detecting whether the terminal is in a charged state; and

a running state control unit for enabling the terminal to run in a specific state in the case that the terminal is in the charged state.

8. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the association for each of the corresponding state adjustment schemes and the respective one of the plurality of preset electric quantity intervals is varied, and wherein when the association is varied, the calculation of each of the preset electric quantity intervals is repeated.

9. An adjustment method for the working state of a terminal having a multi-core CPU, comprising:

acquiring a real-time electric quantity of a battery of the terminal;

comparing the real-time electric quantity with a plurality of preset electric quantity intervals which are stored, each of the plurality of preset electric quantity intervals is associated with a respective selectable state adjustment scheme and each of the plurality of preset electric quantity intervals is calculated based on the minimum safe working voltage value of each working component, a consumed current value for a working state for the corresponding selectable adjustment scheme and a resistance value of the battery of the terminal,

selecting a corresponding state adjustment scheme to adjust the state of a working component according the comparing; and

adjusting a state of a working component in the terminal using the selected corresponding state adjustment scheme, each of the respective selectable state adjustment schemes including disabling at least one CPU core in the multi-core CPU according to a preset rule.

10. The adjustment method for the working state of a terminal of claim 9 , wherein each respective state adjustment scheme further comprises at least one of or a combination of the following items:

adjusting the working frequency of a central processing unit (CPU) and/or the variation amplitude of the working frequency;

adjusting the working frequency of a graphic processing unit (GPU) in the terminal and/or disabling a 3D hardware acceleration function;

adjusting the working frequency of each CPU core in the multi-core CPU and/or the variation amplitude of the working frequency; and

limiting the data traffic of a communication module in the terminal within a preset range.

11. The adjustment method for the working state of a terminal of claim 10 , further comprises:

associating, each of the plurality of respective state adjustment schemes with a respective one of the plurality of preset electric quantity intervals according to a received setting command.

12. The adjustment method for the working state of a terminal of claim 9 , further comprising:

enabling the terminal to run in a specific state if the terminal is in a charged state.

13. The adjustment method for the working state of a terminal of claim 9 , wherein the association for each of the corresponding state adjustment schemes and the respective one of the plurality of preset electric quantity intervals is varied, and wherein when the association is varied, the calculation of each of the preset electric quantity intervals is repeated.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2017
From: YULONG COMPUTER TELECOMMUNICATION SCIENTIFIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; DONGGUAN YULONG TELECOMMUNICATION TECH CO., LTD.
To: NANCHANG COOLPAD INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 044645/0847 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2015
From: NIU, YIHUA; ZHANG, BIJUN; FENG, CHUNSONG
To: YULONG COMPUTER TELECOMMUNICATION SCIENTIFIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; DONGGUAN YULONG TELECOMMUNICATION TECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035216/0592 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2015
From: NIU, YIHUA; ZHANG, BIJUN; FENG, CHUNSONG
To: YULONG COMPUTER TELECOMMUNICATION SCIENTIFIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; DONGGUAN YULONG COMPUTER TELECOMMUNICATION TECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035051/0357 →
Continuity (1)
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